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(11) EP 3 094 435 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
23.11.2016 Bulletin 2016/47

(21) Application number: 15737705.2

(22) Date of filing: 13.01.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B22F 7/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2015/011145
(87) International publication number:
WO 2015/108849 (23.07.2015 Gazette 2015/29)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 14.01.2014 US 201461927286 P

(71) Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Farmington, CT 06032 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • SCHIRTZINGER, Gary A.
    Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033 (US)
  • MIRONETS, Sergey
    Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 (US)

(74) Representative: Gittins, Alex Michael 
Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD
London EC4Y 8JD (GB)

   


(54) SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR DISTRIBUTING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING